Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman Administration Oral History Project

Sandy Freedman served on the Tampa City Council from 1974 until Mayor Bob
Martinez's resignation in July 1986 to campaign successfully for
governor of Florida. As Council Chair, Ms. Freedman took the oath of
office on July 16, 1986, and thus became Tampa's first female mayor.
Tampa citizens elected her to two additional terms in office
(1987-1995). Through the efforts of University of Tampa political
science professor Robert Kerstein, the Sandy Freedman Administration
Oral History Project gives voice to issues, trends and development of
Tampa.